According to the Theory of Unconscious Inference, What Calculation Leads

question 109

Multiple Choice

According to the theory of unconscious inference, what calculation leads to size constancy?

• A) multiplication of the size of the retinal image by the distance of the object from the viewer
• B) multiplication of the proximal stimulus by the retinal stimulus
• C) addition of the size of the retinal image and the size of the proximal stimulus times the distance of the object from the viewer
• D) the distance of the distal stimulus, minus the size of the retinal image

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